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What about teleporting away from an arrow stuck in your gut? or an ithillid tadpole in your brain? For me, I would just make it all based on an arcana role.

@DarkMoon250 If I might suggest a variation/extension of the Shar theme. This is one I used in my game for an NPC. A prophecy states that in the 'shadow of Candlekeep' (presumably in the village outside of it) there will be born a pair of twins. One will be born fair, one dark. One will have...

They all sound good to me. Regarding the dragonborn one, I really like the idea of having to atone for cowardess, however, I have a golden rule that "The most interesting thing to happen to your character must not have already happened". Hunting undead in the Shadowfell under the guidance of a...

I would keep it as a voluntary RP thing, something designed for that individual PC, not a sweeping set of rules for all people on the spectrum. The PC would likely roll Insight with disadvantage, having real problems detecting sarcasm and subtle social signs. Maybe disadvantage on Cha checks...

Roughly when does this take place? How long does it generally run for? I am keen to participate, but have a few projects due soon.

The official D&D adventures did this too. I remember a much hyped set of 4e D&D adventures, where the first room of the first dungeon had the PCs come across a pool of water about 10x25x25 feet in size. This was not a treasury, or a city's well or anything, just a random room in a dungeon so...

A trick that I use to keep things interesting and high-stakes for the players. I roll everything in the open, but I don't always say what I am rolling for. So if the enemy attack a PC who is not about to die, I roll in the open and will generally make it clear what I am rolling for. E.g. the...

Just a random thought, but whoever thought players were mature enough to have a BBEG called Auril (AW-Rill) and not have 'oral' jokes bog down the game has not met many players.

Strangely, my last campaign ended when the Warlock finally managed to destroy 'causality' itself. He freed everybody and everything to be all things and nothing at the same time, taking existence back to the time before time and creation when everything was possible at once.

Most of the worst sessions I have played in have been based on that idea of "no good choices". I find that the DM just wants to force players to choose between the bad options and tend to eliminate any clever ideas and alternatives as a sort of 'cheating' to avoid having to make a tough call...

One of his defining features was that he engaged in genocide in a way that was shocking to local norms at the time. Wars were not uncommon, but often fought almost ritualistically and not necessarily to the death. Lots of intimidation, a bit of scrapping, then one group goes home. Actually...

OP, I asked my wife for her advice on DMing planning. "Just to help me prep for this game, if you were in this situation...what would you do?" "I'm running a game where I had a female ghost haunting a family mansion, but I can't think of a good motivation for why, any ideas?" "Got any good...

I like the Way of Mercy monk. It gives the party a good option for a healer that is not a traditional caster, which is always a good thing. The healing is surprisingly powerful. As noted above, it pairs well with Mobile. The Noxious Aura is a good ability, but is poorly skinned I think. I...

My only concern is that Tandem Tactician really steals the crux of the Mastermind subclass. I don't hate it though, I would probably just get players to decide what classes they are playing first before deciding if I would let it in my game. It doesn't matter that is steals the limelight of a...

I guess for most of us cultural appropriation is a matter of cringe, not offence. When people try to do an Australian accent, I cringe terribly, same goes for pretty much anything about my country being represented by outsiders. I know my German friends cringe terribly at Hollywood's inability...

I'm reading this and reminiscing about the two Asian brothers in our D&D group at school who were so excited when one of them got that book. Finally we might start playing games in settings that reflect mythology that meant more to them and peaked their nostalgia for childhood tales. It's funny...

Do people feel actual pressure to not include 'problematic' things in their games if nobody in the room cares? I'm just curious about that. I would not say something racist just because nobody around me would get offended. It is about the person I want to be, not about them. I'd offend myself...

Simply put, we forget about Inspiration until we need it. So the fighter rolls a 1 to jump the lava pit, so will fall and die. Grasping at straws he remembers inspiration. He has not used it in the last 3 games. It is now entirely arbitrary and up to the GM as to whether they backdate some...

I would have the initiative rolled at the point that the enemy are mid attack. So the enemy has broken cover to attack, the PC is just so super fast that they are almost interrupting the enemy's round to have theirs. The NPCs get a few free steps of movement to close, the PC gets the advantage...

I actually played a Str-based Rogue. He was a nobleman with a high Cha and was well-educated with a decent Int. I wanted a guy who was OK at combat but was excellent at diplomacy, intrigue and knowledge skills. For a different spin on the same character, Str-rogues also make good Samurai. They...